Schenectady solo practice serving families through the Schenectady County Surrogate's Court and four neighbouring counties. The office locates and values estate property, collects investment income, determines payment of claims, debts and taxes, prepares estate tax returns and distributes property to beneficiaries. Will challenges based on capacity, execution, undue influence or duress are handled in-house.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 5 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawAsset Protection+3

Utica (Oneida County) firm handling probates and trust administration — proving the will and distributing property and assets under the will through a court-supervised process it puts at seven months to several years, and following a trust's instructions after the grantor's death without court oversight. Also covers wills and trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies, Medicaid and long-term-care planning, and special-needs planning and guardianships for adults with a disability.

Since 2005Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+2

Capital Region trusts and estates practice in Latham, with offices in New York City, Garden City, Hudson and Lake Placid and more than 280 years of combined attorney experience. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, estate and trust litigation, guardianship under Article 81 and 17-A, Medicaid and special needs planning, and tax planning.

Serves 13 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+4

Binghamton (Broome County) general-practice firm on Front Street handling probate alongside civil litigation, real estate, banking and credit union law, commercial transactions, and labor relations. Represents business, banking, institutional and individual clients across New York State and in Pennsylvania. Holds an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Serves the whole stateProbate

Binghamton (Broome County) firm tracing its lineage to 1898, with seven New York offices from Ithaca to Walton. Its trusts, estates and elder law group counsels executors, administrators and trustees through estate and trust administration, obtains Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, and litigates disputed executor appointments in Surrogate's Court.

Since 1898Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

New York elder law and estate planning firm working from twelve offices — Albany, five on Long Island, three in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New City and White Plains, and Staten Island. Guides executors and families through probate and estate administration, and handles trusts built to keep an estate out of Surrogate's Court, Medicaid asset protection, Medicaid applications and estate tax savings. Nine lawyers and seventeen paralegals and support staff, practicing since 1991; consultations are no-cost, virtual or in person, and the firm takes uncontested probate only.

Since 1991Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3